Gov. Perry Appoints Hughes to Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Dan Allen Hughes Jr. of Beeville to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015. The commission oversees the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Hughes is president of Dan A. Hughes Company LP. He is a member of the Texas A&M University College of Geosciences Advisory Council, Sul Ross State University Borderlands Research Institute Advisory Board and All American Wildcatters. He is also a member of the Order of the Alamo and Texas Cavaliers. Hughes received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University. He replaces Rick Campbell of Center.